8th Grade Science

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Summary of the Year:

- 5 major units
- 5 unit tests and quizzes with Final Exam
- 8 labs (with 2 Full Lab Write-ups)

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MAJOR REPORTS AND PROJECTS (May vary):

- SEPTEMBER ~ Safety Poster/ Candle Lab
- OCTOBER ~ Graduated Cylinder Lab/ Gum Lab
- NOVEMBER ~ Pangaea Lab
- DECEMBER ~ Triangulation Labs / Rock Cycle Lab
- JANUARY ~ Solar Energy Lab
- FEBRUARY ~ Biofuels: Cellulose Lab/ Light Bulb Lab
- MARCH ~ Albedo Lab / Paleoclimate Lab
- APRIL ~ Water movement in the ground Lab
- MAY ~ EWB project
- JUNE: -- Final Exam

	Approximate Time Period	Quizzes	Labs	Mini-Labs
UNIT 0: SETTING UP THE YEAR	~6 periods	• Rules and Procedures	NA	NA
UNIT 1: SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY/ANALYSIS	~3 weeks	• Equipment •Scientific Method • Metric Conversion Factors	• Mystery Powder Lab • Candle Lab * • Graduated Cylinder Lab* • Crime Scene Task • Safety Poster	• Graph Analysis
UNIT 2: EARTH SURFACE AND INTERIOR	~8 weeks	• Layers of the Earth	• Plasticity Lab • Pangea Paper Lab • Finding Epicenters/ Seismic Risk Labs • Triangulation Labs	• Sea Floor Spreading
UNIT 3: ROCKS AND MINERALS	~ 3 weeks	• The Rock Cycle	• Mineral Identification Lab	• Identification of Minerals • Igneous Rock Identification • Sedimentary Rock Identification • Metamorphic Rock Identification
UNIT 3: ENERGY	~ 5 weeks	• Solar Energy • Energy Forms	• Solar Energy Lab* • Biofuels: Cellulose lab* • Light Bulb Lab*	NA
UNIT 4 CLIMATE CHANGE	~ 5 weeks	• Atmospheric Gases • Energy Balance • Carbon Cycle	• Albedo Lab • Greenhouse Effect Lab • Paleoclimate Reconstruction Lab	• Future Worlds Part 1 • Future Worlds Part 2
UNIT 5: Water	~ 4 weeks	• Water Cycle	• Stream Abrasion Lab • Deposition of sediments Lab • Water Movement in the Ground	• Transpiration in plants • EWB Activity
Culminating Activity	~ 2 weeks	• Presentation Navitas Island		Final Exam!!

Title of Unit	Approximate Time Period	Quizzes	Labs	Mini- labs
UNIT 0: SETTING UP THE YEAR	~6 periods	• Rules and Procedures	NA	NA
UNIT 1: SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY/ANALYSIS	~3 weeks	• Equipment •Scientific Method • Metric Conversion Factors	• Mystery Powder Lab • Candle Lab * • Graduated Cylinder Lab* • Crime Scene Task • Safety Poster	• Graph Analysis
UNIT 2: EARTH SURFACE AND INTERIOR	~8 weeks	• Layers of the Earth	• Plasticity Lab • Pangea Paper Lab • Finding Epicenters/ Seismic Risk Labs • Triangulation Labs	• Sea Floor Spreading
UNIT 3: ROCKS AND MINERALS	~ 3 weeks	• The Rock Cycle	• Mineral Identification Lab	• Identification of Minerals • Igneous Rock Identification • Sedimentary Rock Identification • Metamorphic Rock Identification
UNIT 3: ENERGY	~ 5 weeks	• Solar Energy • Energy Forms	• Solar Energy Lab* • Biofuels: Cellulose lab* • Light Bulb Lab*	NA
UNIT 4 CLIMATE CHANGE	~ 5 weeks	• Atmospheric Gases • Energy Balance • Carbon Cycle	• Albedo Lab • Greenhouse Effect Lab • Paleoclimate Reconstruction Lab	• Future Worlds Part 1 • Future Worlds Part 2
UNIT 5: Water	~ 4 weeks	• Water Cycle	• Stream Abrasion Lab • Deposition of sediments Lab • Water Movement in the Ground	• Transpiration in plants • EWB Activity
Culminating Activity	~ 2 weeks	• Presentation Navitas Island		Final Exam!!